[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare - Page 352

JimmXinu · 01-23-2021, 11:32 AM

New Test Version Posted

2021-01-23
- Fix for chapter error report. Closes #641

(Bug only appeared if you had a failed chapter during an epub update.)

ownedbycats · 01-25-2021, 01:41 AM

Question: Is there a way to replace just one chapter instead of overwriting all, e.g. the author did some retroactive edits or fixed a broken image or something.

JimmXinu · 01-25-2021, 11:12 AM

Use Edit Book to remove that chapter, then update. I do that not infrequently.

ownedbycats · 01-25-2021, 10:03 PM

That works. Thank you

Ian.M · 01-26-2021, 09:22 AM

I've just updated a fanfictionnet fic successfully, after ongoing Cloudflare version 2 failures since Jimmy's last full release. (see my post #5254.) It looks like 'Treading Lightly' pays off!

For the time being I suggest only updating a single fic at a time, only if you *KNOW* for sure its been updated since you last checked it, not updating another fic until after a plausible delay (as-if you had actually read the new chapter(s) in a browser) , and waiting at least 24H before retrying if you get a Cloudflare version 2 error in FanFicFare.

Also, if your browser is doing occasional Cloudflare version 2 checks, the 'paranoia' level is likely to be too high for FanFicFare.

Meanwhile I suggest concentrating on finding alternative sources for your favorite fics, and switching over to them. I strongly recommend making an external backup of all fanfictionnet fic EPUBs you intend to switch.

If you download from a new URL, FanFicFare will offer to change the URL of an existing fic, if and *ONLY* if there is an *EXACT* author and title match, and only succeeds if the new URL has more chapters or if you have it set to do full updates rather than adding chapters. You can change the URL of a fic manually, by editing the 'Ids' field of the metadata, and preferably also the 'Publisher' (to avoid confusion), and FanFicFare will update successfully from the new URL if you got it correct. (Check other fics or do a test download to see what to strip to get the root story URL for that site.) However if the site story structure is radically different to fanfictionnet (e.g. tagged posts in a forum thread), you may not be happy with the result and it would have been preferable to download the fic with a new Id. (If necessary, forcing that by editing the title of the old fic to be different.) YMMV.

@JimmyXinu,
Is there any chance of a workflow for manually adding chapters to a fic from saved (HTML only) web pages, that doesn't involve manually editing or merging EPUBs?

Also, please either make the story URLs in the list dialog returned by 'Get Story URLs for Selected Books' clickable for ease of opening in one's default browser, or add a menu item to 'Browse Story URL of Selected Book' with an appropriate confirmation dialog if multiple books are selected.

HTH
Ian.

JimmXinu · 01-26-2021, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian.M

I've just updated a fanfictionnet fic successfully, after ongoing Cloudflare version 2 failures since Jimmy's last full release. (see my post #5254.) It looks like 'Treading Lightly' pays off!

Please don't call me 'Jimmy'. Two m's yes, but no y.

I would also suggest waiting at least a couple hours before updating any ffnet fics that you get alert emails for. They have been making new chapters available, but not showing updated metadata (word count & updated date in particular) for as much as several hours.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian.M

@JimmXinu,
Is there any chance of a workflow for manually adding chapters to a fic from saved (HTML only) web pages, that doesn't involve manually editing or merging EPUBs?

Not at this time. I am in the midst of rewriting all of the network fetch code in FFF. Once that is done, there are some options I'm planning.

In the meantime, I understand that fanfictiondownloader.net (standalone program) and WebToEpub (browser add-on) are still working. (Please keep discussion of other tools in this thread short and relevant to FFF, thanks.)

Ian.M · 01-26-2021, 10:48 AM

@JimmXinu
I apologize for misnaming you. Many thanks for the update on future intentions for, and your existing and ongoing hard work on FanFicFare.

@all,
I can confirm that the Cloudflare version 2 challenge is extremely hair-triggered. Doing a new chapters only update on only six fics with a couple of minutes between them was enough to trigger it on the seventh. Fortunately it seems to have reset a couple of hours later. If you trip it *DON'T* keep 'hammering' it, as there's a risk they'll double the duration each time.

ownedbycats · 01-26-2021, 01:06 PM

I'm unable to confirm that myself, but it's possible that your IP got flagged by Cloudflare for "threatening behaviour" (possibly not of your own doing; your ISP may have given you an IP previously used by a bad actor).

Depending on your ISP, turning off your modem for a few minutes and then turning it back may give you a new (and hopefully unflagged) IP. If that doesn't work, Cloudflare does unflag IPs if there's 14 days of no suspicious activity.

ackomb · 01-26-2021, 01:43 PM

Hey guys,

I have a bit of a strange question. I have 2 library’s one real one and one for testing when I’m trying to figure something out.
I usually just start by copying my entire personal.ini file and go from there.

However, and here is the strange thing, if I run the update on my saved metadata in my test library it works just as I intended but as soon as do the exact same thing in my normal library it fails.

Has anyone run in to this problem before and therefor knows what could be the trigger other than the .ini file?

And even weirder is that when I use the below in my .ini it does charge “Brian” into “Bryan” but not “(The 100)” into “(the 100)
category=>^The 100 $TV$$=>the 100
characters=>^Brian $The 100$$|^Bryan $The 100$$=>Bryan (the 100)&&category==the 100

this is the saved metadata I have in the file

Spoiler:

I’ve noticed it only happen when the result ends with “(the 100)” and not when the same is in the middle of the result. I’ve also tried changing it to $the 100$ just for the sake of trying but the result shows exactly like that backslashes included.

I’ve also attached a copy of how it shows in my library.

ackomb · 01-26-2021, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'm unable to confirm that myself, but it's possible that your IP got flagged by Cloudflare for "threatening behaviour" (possibly not of your own doing; your ISP may have given you an IP previously used by a bad actor).

Depending on your ISP, turning off your modem for a few minutes and then turning it back may give you a new (and hopefully unflagged) IP. If that doesn't work, Cloudflare does unflag IPs if there's 14 days of no suspicious activity.

I'm not getting any errors either, and I've ben updating some old files in batches for which I didn't have a saved meta data column which I just recently added after reading it on this forum.

ackomb · 01-26-2021, 01:47 PM

My appologies in advance if any of my post show up twice, I seem to be having some problem with posting and though it was related to a expired log in session.

Edit: Can I remove this post? Since none of my others showed up but this did?

ownedbycats · 01-26-2021, 01:51 PM

There's a notification about there being new post in this thread, but I can't see it. I'm just posting this to see if the new post shows up.

EDIT: Nope. Weird. Maybe it was deleted?

ackomb · 01-26-2021, 02:00 PM

Okay final try at posting something today.

I have something strange

When I try to change Brian (The 100) into Bryan (the 100) I get Bryan (The 100) - the difference being the capital T in The though it does change Brian with an I into Bryan with a Y
characters=>^Brian $The 100$$=>Bryan (the 100)&&category==the 100
However if I try it like this, with the extra space behind 100 it does change into Bryan (the 100 )
characters=>^Brian $The 100$$=>Bryan (the 100 )&&category==the 100

So can anyone tell my whi my .ini file trips up when a string result ends with "100)"

theducks · 01-26-2021, 02:26 PM

New/recent users can go into (anti-SPAM) moderation under certain cases. You triggered a case.
Please give the Moderators time to show up and review the posts before attempting again.
Your posts have been released (and I deleted the dup)

ownedbycats · 01-26-2021, 02:27 PM

That explains why I kept seeing that ackomb was the last poster in the thread but couldn't see their posts.

01-26-2021, 09:22 AM	#5270
Ian.M Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 57134 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle 3 GB 3G	I've just updated a fanfictionnet fic successfully, after ongoing Cloudflare version 2 failures since Jimmy's last full release. (see my post #5254.) It looks like 'Treading Lightly' pays off! For the time being I suggest only updating a single fic at a time, only if you KNOW for sure its been updated since you last checked it, not updating another fic until after a plausible delay (as-if you had actually read the new chapter(s) in a browser) , and waiting at least 24H before retrying if you get a Cloudflare version 2 error in FanFicFare. Also, if your browser is doing occasional Cloudflare version 2 checks, the 'paranoia' level is likely to be too high for FanFicFare. Meanwhile I suggest concentrating on finding alternative sources for your favorite fics, and switching over to them. I strongly recommend making an external backup of all fanfictionnet fic EPUBs you intend to switch. If you download from a new URL, FanFicFare will offer to change the URL of an existing fic, if and ONLY if there is an EXACT author and title match, and only succeeds if the new URL has more chapters or if you have it set to do full updates rather than adding chapters. You can change the URL of a fic manually, by editing the 'Ids' field of the metadata, and preferably also the 'Publisher' (to avoid confusion), and FanFicFare will update successfully from the new URL if you got it correct. (Check other fics or do a test download to see what to strip to get the root story URL for that site.) However if the site story structure is radically different to fanfictionnet (e.g. tagged posts in a forum thread), you may not be happy with the result and it would have been preferable to download the fic with a new Id. (If necessary, forcing that by editing the title of the old fic to be different.) YMMV. @JimmyXinu, Is there any chance of a workflow for manually adding chapters to a fic from saved (HTML only) web pages, that doesn't involve manually editing or merging EPUBs? Also, please either make the story URLs in the list dialog returned by 'Get Story URLs for Selected Books' clickable for ease of opening in one's default browser, or add a menu item to 'Browse Story URL of Selected Book' with an appropriate confirmation dialog if multiple books are selected. HTH Ian. Last edited by Ian.M; 01-26-2021 at 10:12 AM.

01-26-2021, 10:48 AM	#5272
Ian.M Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 57134 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle 3 GB 3G	@JimmXinu I apologize for misnaming you. Many thanks for the update on future intentions for, and your existing and ongoing hard work on FanFicFare. @all, I can confirm that the Cloudflare version 2 challenge is extremely hair-triggered. Doing a new chapters only update on only six fics with a couple of minutes between them was enough to trigger it on the seventh. Fortunately it seems to have reset a couple of hours later. If you trip it DON'T keep 'hammering' it, as there's a risk they'll double the duration each time. Last edited by Ian.M; 01-26-2021 at 12:44 PM.

01-26-2021, 01:06 PM	#5273
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I'm unable to confirm that myself, but it's possible that your IP got flagged by Cloudflare for "threatening behaviour" (possibly not of your own doing; your ISP may have given you an IP previously used by a bad actor). Depending on your ISP, turning off your modem for a few minutes and then turning it back may give you a new (and hopefully unflagged) IP. If that doesn't work, Cloudflare does unflag IPs if there's 14 days of no suspicious activity. Last edited by ownedbycats; 01-26-2021 at 01:11 PM.

01-26-2021, 01:43 PM	#5274
ackomb Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 4486 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Netherlands Device: i-pad	Hey guys, I have a bit of a strange question. I have 2 library’s one real one and one for testing when I’m trying to figure something out. I usually just start by copying my entire personal.ini file and go from there. However, and here is the strange thing, if I run the update on my saved metadata in my test library it works just as I intended but as soon as do the exact same thing in my normal library it fails. Has anyone run in to this problem before and therefor knows what could be the trigger other than the .ini file? And even weirder is that when I use the below in my .ini it does charge “Brian” into “Bryan” but not “(The 100)” into “(the 100) category=>^The 100 \(TV\)$=>the 100 characters=>^Brian \(The 100\)$\|^Bryan \(The 100\)$=>Bryan (the 100)&&category==the 100 this is the saved metadata I have in the file Spoiler: <p><span class='label'>Adapter_Classes</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='adapter_classes'><ul> <li>ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>AO3 Categories</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='ao3categories'><ul> <li>F/F</li> <li>F/M</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Author</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='author'><ul> <li>katharosxg</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Authorhtml</span>: <div class='metadata' id='authorHTML'><a class='authorlink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/users/katharosxg/pseuds/katharosxg'>katharosxg</a></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Author ID</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='authorId'><ul> <li>katharosxg</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Author URL</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='authorUrl'><ul> <li>https://archiveofourown.org/users/katharosxg/pseuds/katharosxg</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Bookmarks</span>: <div class='metadata' id='bookmarks'>2</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Byline</span>: <div class='metadata' id='byline'>katharosxg</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Chapters/Total Chapters</span>: <div class='metadata' id='chapterslashtotal'>1/1</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Characters</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='characters'><ul> <li>Clarke Griffin</li> <li>Lexa (The 100)</li> <li>Octavia Blake</li> <li>Lincoln (The 100)</li> <li>Finn Collins</li> <li>Raven Reyes</li> <li>Jake Griffin</li> <li>Abby Griffin</li> <li>Bellamy Blake</li> <li>Indra (The 100)</li> <li>Nathan Miller</li> <li>Brian (The 100)</li> <li>Monty Green</li> <li>Harper McIntyre</li> <li>Jasper Jordan</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Packaged</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='dateCreated'>2020-10-03T22:35:59.210982</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Published</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='datePublished'>2016-08-30T00:00:00</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Updated</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='dateUpdated'>2016-08-30T00:00:00</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Summary</span>: <div class='metadata' id='description'><div class="userstuff"> <p>Clarke is a 21-year-old woman who is tired of saving the world, being a leader, and watching her friends die. Life may be about more than surviving, but when can she rest?</p> </div></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Fandoms</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='fandoms'><ul> <li>The 100 (TV)</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>File Extension</span>: <div class='metadata' id='formatext'>.epub</div><p> <p><span class='label'>File Format</span>: <div class='metadata' id='formatname'>epub</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Hits</span>: <div class='metadata' id='hits'>750</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Kudos</span>: <div class='metadata' id='kudos'>25</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Langcode</span>: <div class='metadata' id='langcode'>en</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Language</span>: <div class='metadata' id='language'>English</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Lastupdate</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='lastupdate'><ul> <li>Last Update Year/Month: 2016/08</li> <li>Last Update: 2016/08/30</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Chapters</span>: <div class='metadata int' id='numChapters'>1</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Words</span>: <div class='metadata int' id='numWords'>1999</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Python_Version</span>: <div class='metadata' id='python_version'>3.8.5 (default, Aug 26 2020, 22:00:02) [MSC v.1927 64 bit (AMD64)]</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Rating</span>: <div class='metadata' id='rating'>Teen And Up Audiences</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Story URL Section</span>: <div class='metadata' id='sectionUrl'>https://archiveofourown.org/works/7911310</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series00HTML'></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series01HTML'></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series02HTML'></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series03HTML'></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Relationships</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='ships'><ul> <li>Octavia Blake/Lincoln</li> <li>Finn Collins/Raven Reyes</li> <li>Monty Green & Harper</li> <li>Clarke Griffin/Lexa</li> </ul></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Publisher</span>: <div class='metadata' id='site'>archiveofourown.org</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Site Abbrev</span>: <div class='metadata' id='siteabbrev'>ao3</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Status</span>: <div class='metadata' id='status'>Completed</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Story ID</span>: <div class='metadata' id='storyId'>7911310</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Story URL</span>: <div class='metadata' id='storyUrl'>https://archiveofourown.org/works/7911310</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Title</span>: <div class='metadata' id='title'>The End, The After</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Titlehtml</span>: <div class='metadata' id='titleHTML'><a class='titlelink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/works/7911310'>The End, The After</a></div><p> <p><span class='label'>Downloader Version</span>: <div class='metadata' id='version'>FanFicFare v3.29.0</div><p> <p><span class='label'>Warnings</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='warnings'><ul> <li>Major Character Death</li> </ul></div><p> I’ve noticed it only happen when the result ends with “(the 100)” and not when the same is in the middle of the result. I’ve also tried changing it to \(the 100\) just for the sake of trying but the result shows exactly like that backslashes included. I’ve also attached a copy of how it shows in my library. Attached Thumbnails

01-26-2021, 01:47 PM	#5276
ackomb Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 4486 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Netherlands Device: i-pad	My appologies in advance if any of my post show up twice, I seem to be having some problem with posting and though it was related to a expired log in session. Edit: Can I remove this post? Since none of my others showed up but this did? Last edited by ackomb; 01-26-2021 at 01:50 PM.

01-23-2021, 11:32 AM	#5266
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,974 Karma: 4604635 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Clara Colour running KOReader	New Test Version Posted 2021-01-23 - Fix for chapter error report. Closes #641 (Bug only appeared if you had a failed chapter during an epub update.)

01-25-2021, 01:41 AM	#5267
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question: Is there a way to replace just one chapter instead of overwriting all, e.g. the author did some retroactive edits or fixed a broken image or something.

01-25-2021, 11:12 AM	#5268
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,974 Karma: 4604635 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Clara Colour running KOReader	Use Edit Book to remove that chapter, then update. I do that not infrequently.

01-25-2021, 10:03 PM	#5269
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	That works. Thank you

01-26-2021, 01:51 PM	#5277
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	There's a notification about there being new post in this thread, but I can't see it. I'm just posting this to see if the new post shows up. EDIT: Nope. Weird. Maybe it was deleted?

01-26-2021, 02:00 PM	#5278
ackomb Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 4486 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Netherlands Device: i-pad	Okay final try at posting something today. I have something strange When I try to change Brian (The 100) into Bryan (the 100) I get Bryan (The 100) - the difference being the capital T in The though it does change Brian with an I into Bryan with a Y characters=>^Brian \(The 100\)$=>Bryan (the 100)&&category==the 100 However if I try it like this, with the extra space behind 100 it does change into Bryan (the 100 ) characters=>^Brian \(The 100\)$=>Bryan (the 100 )&&category==the 100 So can anyone tell my whi my .ini file trips up when a string result ends with "100)"

01-26-2021, 02:26 PM	#5279
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,076 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	New/recent users can go into (anti-SPAM) moderation under certain cases. You triggered a case. Please give the Moderators time to show up and review the posts before attempting again. Your posts have been released (and I deleted the dup)

01-26-2021, 02:27 PM	#5280
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	That explains why I kept seeing that ackomb was the last poster in the thread but couldn't see their posts.

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